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Phil Leighton

@joseph-yossarian.bsky.social
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Trying to live my best life as the world goes to hell in a handcart

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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Apparently he didn’t scrape the paintwork parking at the Pizza Express in Woking. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
independent.co.uk
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s Bentley spotted on sale at dealership for £125k
The dealership described the Bentley as ‘beautiful, in flawless condition and has just 7,000 miles on it’
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yet again, animals are being punished for problems we created.
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David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Couples with £1 million and a family home will be able to avoid contributing anything to the collective good of their children’s and grandchildren’s country says Kemi Badenoch. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
theguardian.com
Couples would be able to leave £1m and family home exempt from inheritance tax under Tories, says Badenoch – UK politics live
Conservative leader says proposed measures would halve the number of families paying inheritance tax
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Openly Gay Animals 🌈 @openlygayanimals.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
😂🥹🥹
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Magic money tree nonsense from Badenoch. Spend, spend, spend and tax cuts all round. Politics latest: Tories will abolish inheritance tax on family homes if elected, Badenoch announces
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Israeli "soldier" posts shocking video of Palestinian children, cuffed, blindfolded, with the caption 'for sale: 2 for 100, 3 for 75 shekels'!
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The plague death in Russia has taken an unwanted step, but one many of us pondered over. #BiologicalWarfare #BioLabs Here's the link in the post by Marshall Billingslea: nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEB...
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
'Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir claimed that all 3 administrative areas of the occupied West Bank “belong to #Israel,”... “There is no difference between Areas A, B and C. The entire land is ours. This is our country,” Ben-Gvir told... www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea... #Zionism
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Israeli minister says entire West Bank ‘belongs to Israel,’ threatens to dismantle Palestinian Authority
Ben-Gvir vows to push displacement of Palestinians from occupied territory if appointed defense minister | Anadolu
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Because in a Reform/Tory coalition the Tories would be the junior partner and Reform would subsume the residual rump of the party. Politics latest: Tories wouldn't win election now - but I'd rather a second vote than a deal with Reform, says Badenoch
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It’s ok because all these worthies are lining up to decry the Green Party voting that Zionism is Racism.
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Meanwhile Russia demands action against alleged bio weapons labs in Ukraine (which don’t exist). Pots and kettles.
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hey! Mr Tangerine Man write a $5000 check for me.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There was a time when the Tories, however hypocritically, claimed to want to protect our natural heritage. Now they're just a party of vandals, ripping down the few protections the living world has for the sake of their rich chums. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Calls grow for investigation into Reform UK’s ‘extensive’ links with UAE" 'FairSquare wants the relationship examined by the government’s Defending Democracy Taskforce. It has also called for the UAE to be placed alongside Russia and Iran ...' thedailybritain.co.uk/reform-uk-ua...
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Free childcare for millionaires we shouted as we manned the barricades! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Tories would expand free childcare to high earners, Badenoch says
Kemi Badenoch says those earning more than £100,000 should not be discouraged from working more
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Whoa 🤯 in Slow-Mo @0lsi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Demonstrating the critical work of coexistence, 🇳🇵 Nepal’s wild tiger population has tripled. The new estimate, now 429 tigers up from 121 tigers in 2010, follows decades of sustained, collaborative conservation efforts and represents one of the world’s most significant endangered species recoveries.
worldwildlife.org
Nepal wild tiger numbers triple, showing coexistence matters
The new estimate of 429 tigers is the result of decades of collaborative efforts with local communities and the government of Nepal.
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Peat-free Partnership @peatfree.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It’s been 4 years since the UK Government promised to ban peat… and it’s still being sold! Without a ban in place our peatlands are still being destroyed and peat is ending up in places you might not expect - like our weekly shop! Ask your supermarket to go peat-free - loom.ly/d2yfpWs
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SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“The fact that MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezo’s ex-wife & one of the single biggest donors in history, has given over $26 BILLION to charity and NOT run out of money really puts into perspective how the arguments against a billionaire wealth tax are just bullshit." (@afghanmounatingoat) TAX THE WEALTHY!
A color photo of MacKenzie Scott.
“The fact that MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezo’s ex-wife and one of the single biggest donors in history, has given over $26 BILLION to charity and NOT run out of money really puts into perspective how the arguments against a billionaire wealth tax are just bullshit."
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
How’s Trump’s American nightmare thingy going?
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Issa Amro @issa-amro.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thank you all for the campaign to release, I am released now , watch the video and share it to make people in the world know what is going in Palestine 🇵🇸.
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The “terrorist plot” continues to unravel UK-Iranian national arrested in RAF Fairford investigation released on bail
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Fuck off to the end of time you entitled cheats with your cheap threats. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10...
telegraph.co.uk
UAE threatens Burnham over Man City: We’ll pull billions out of UK
Prime Minister under pressure as Gulf state warns it will withdraw investment in retaliation for Premier League row
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Which baleful government was in power for 14 years while this problem became a crisis? Politics latest: Tories vow to end early release of offenders by building 50,000 new prison places
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Prof. David Kitchener @davidbsky1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
As Donald Trump's behaviour becomes increasingly bizarre and dangerous, Alexi's words resonate. #AlexeiSayle #Trump #impeach
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Mani Isna La 🇨🇺 🇵🇸 🇬🇱🕊️ 🪶 #IndigenousLivesMatter @maniisnala.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Demand Mexico ban the possession, sale, and export of shark fins to protect these vital ocean predators and end the cruel practice of finning. action.eko.org/a/mexico-ban...
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CharmaineScammell 🌱🇬🇧 @charmainescammell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Evidence the welfare of horses is a very low priority in horse racing industry #GrandNational winner ‘deprived a horse of water’, used ‘diluted bleach’ to treat wounds and drove a Gator vehicle at his string to frighten them onto the gallops, a BHA disciplinary panel heard on Wednesday. #LockHimUp
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The joy of air travel airlive.net/emergency/20...
airlive.net
Emirates A380 flight EK31 to London is declaring an emergency and diverting
FRANKFURT — An Emirates Airbus A380 en route from Dubai to London Heathrow was forced to declare a general emergency and make an unscheduled diversion to Frankfurt Airport on Thursday. Flight EK31, op...
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Shedgum gas processing plant in Saudi Arabia is ablaze.
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A society of knuckledraggers. Horrific. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Tennessee woman on death row taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections
Christa Pike, sentenced to death over 1995 murder, was heard snoring 40 minutes after lethal doses administered, witnesses said
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🐈🐕 Update: The Russian attack in the Odesa region damaged the "Loving Hearts" animal shelter. 🕯️10 cats and 3 dogs died. The fire destroyed more than 400 square meters of premises, as well as all supplies of food and medicine.
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A backward nation: Tennessee to execute a woman for first time in 200 years
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nigel Farage has deleted this post But not before it's been shared widely showing him to be either a serial liar or delusional and either way, unfit for public office
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Amazing what Andy Burnham says he might do in 2030. Meanwhile it’s 2026 and his government has over 2 and a half years left to run.
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Organizations like ADL see nothing wrong in Israel blocking aid, luring people to 'aid sites' run by Christian Zionists evangelicals and Islamophobic biker gangs, and then slaughtering over 2700 people when they try get 'aid' from them. Like this child: bsky.app/profile/rk70... #ADL
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Not 'hundreds', nearly 3000. From Jan. 2026: 'An evangelical leader and former campaign adviser to President Donald Trump’s with no background in international aid prior to his work with the foundation in Gaza, Moore brings a Christian perspective to the ADL’s board...' forward.com/fast-forward...
forward.com
ADL appoints former head of embattled Gaza aid foundation to its board
Hundreds of Palestinian civilians were killed around Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites under Rev. Johnnie Moore's leadership
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is what people with dementia say www.rawstory.com/trump-golf-2...
rawstory.com
Hot mic catches despondent Trump in plea to staffers: 'I'd like to go home'
A hot mic caught President Donald Trump muttering that he'd like to go home during the U.S. team's Presidents Cup victory celebration on Sunday — as the players around him promptly walked away.Trump, ...
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Farage and the spittle flecked lip right wing press were ready to string these guys up as Iranian backed international terrorists with vans stuffed with explosives ready to commit an outrage on a US/UK base. That 24 hours later they are all free on bail tells you it’s going to be a pile of hogwash.
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don't know where to begin with a Prime minster with years left on his term and a huge majority saying he won't do anything until the next general election. Is he intending to just not govern until 2029?
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Despite being a famous Hollywood star if you want to know what sort of person DAVID NIVEN was, the largest wreath at his funeral was from the Porters at Heathrow Airport. It read: “To the finest gentleman who ever walked through these halls. He made a Porter feel like a King.”
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good job those German automakers stuck with gasoline and diesel ICEs rather than the passing fad of battery cars oilprice.com/Latest-Energ...
oilprice.com
Record Fuel Prices Send European EV Sales Soaring | OilPrice.com
Surging fuel prices are coinciding with a sharp acceleration in European electric-car registrations.
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There are straws blowing in the wind. www.tftc.io/5-year-treas...
tftc.io
$70B 5-Year Auction Yields 5.033%, Second-Biggest Tail on Record
The US Treasury's September 23 5-year note auction priced at 5.033%, posted the second-biggest tail ever, and sent 10-year yields toward 5.13%. The bond market is rejecting the offered price.
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Gary Lineker is a national treasure www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...
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Eleanor Martinez @northstar1939.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's 3:00 AM, and right now, my 74-year-old husband (who holds a Masters Degree and was an educator/admin for 50 years) is getting up to go work at the Costco gas station, 40 miles away. SS/SSDI isn't enough to live on for millions of us. Big changes are going to have to happen, and fast.
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I heard Trump has renamed AI Is it to Trump Intelligent Technology (TIT)?
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
An EV is going to be a mass market consumer product like a washing machine and the Germans carmakers can’t accept it. The Chinese understand it and are building cars accordingly. The Germans still want to make the branded gas guzzling behemoths of yesteryear. www.reuters.com/business/fin...
reuters.com
Porsche's decline from crown jewel to millstone for parent Volkswagen
Less than four years after its record listing, Porsche ‌has turned into a poster child for the broader group's woes, dethroned in the once-lucrative Chinese market and bruised from costly missteps in ...
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Snipers and drones on his arch and his ballroom while brave Donald hides deep below in his underground bunker his bone spurs playing up again.
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I hope Donald has been on the phone to congratulate Vladimir on his big win.
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Surprise win for Putin in the Russian election
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
More than 11,000 of you have written to Defra, demanding that the government closes a glaring loophole in England’s glue trap legislation. Defra needs to urgently ban the sale and supply of rodent glue traps to members of the public.
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Phil Leighton @joseph-yossarian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I hope the crying Ed Sheeran doll will be on sale by Christmas
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